Medical parts improve day-to-day lives of millions and are used to save lives every day. From surgical tools to medical implants, each medical part needs to meet extreme standards. They are, after all, placed inside human bodies. Mass Finishing has been providing high-quality finishing and polishing to the medical parts industry for over three decades. Let’s learn why the medical industry makes up one of our largest customer bases.
Mass Finishing Knows Your Industry
The medical industry doesn’t just require high standards, it demands it. And we know imperfections are not acceptable. In the medical industry, our mass finishing equipment is used to deburr, polish, clean, and even strengthen your medical equipment. Benefits of mass finishing medical parts include:
- Decreased Health Risks: Removal of burrs and sharp edges prevent injury and dangerous small parts from being broken off when used. Polished surfaces are easy to clean and sterilize. They also decrease risk of contaminants clinging to surfaces and prevent bacteria from forming.
- Increase Corrosion Resistance: Virtually remove the risk of corrosion-induced failure in your medical parts. By preparing the surface properly, mass finishing can help coatings and plating adhere better, enhancing corrosion resistance.
- Improve Functionality & Compliance: Isotropic surface finishing satisfies and exceeds strict FDA and industry standards for medical parts. Easily deliver high repeatability consistency in your finished parts when following the recipes our team of experts create just for your parts.
Running Sample Medical Parts
So, you need mass finishing solutions for your medical parts but you’re not sure where to start? Before you start requesting quotes for equipment, send us samples of your medical parts! This is what we are known for. With your samples, we can determine which machine will work best for your parts. We will even develop a full recipe, including run times and media you should use, so you can achieve the finish you need.
Common Parts Include:
| Medical Devices & Implants | Surgical Tools | Prosthetics |
| Stents & Heart Valves | Needles & Blades | Medical Instrumentation |
| Bone Plates | Bone Screws | Acrylic Products (such as hearing aids) |
Running sample medical parts in our lab is the best first step in determining the right equipment and process for your part. We process most samples within a week, depending on the number of samples we’re currently working on. Learn more about sending in your samples here.
Reduce Medical Parts Processing Times
We know time is a crucial factor when it comes to the medical industry. Not only do our machines significantly reduce processing times for your medical parts, our specialized recipes can enhance the quality of the finishes. The key to our reduced processing times lies in the high-energy centrifugal force that is created by our tumbling machines. The high-speed motion created by the HZ-Series machines create pressure and friction on the parts, reaching upwards of 12 times the force of gravity (12G).
Achieving the finish you desire varies greatly by the raw condition of the part. To give you a clearer picture of the efficiency of our systems, let’s look at some average processing times for different finishing stages:
| Process Type | Traditional Vibratory Finishing Methods | Mass Finishing Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machines |
| Light Edge Break/Deburr | 45 – 160 Minutes | 5 – 20 Minutes |
| Rough Grind/Deburr | 160 – 240 Minutes | 20 – 60 Minutes |
| Full Polish from Raw Part | 8 – 24+ Hours | 30 – 90 Minutes |
The Case for Mass Finishing in Medical Parts
Medical parts processors choose mass finishing because of our experience combined with our recent achievement of ISO Certification. Mass finishing treats all components uniformly using isotropic finishing methods. This is crucial for meeting the strict, standardized requirements of the medical field. Our equipment and recipes remove the variability often associated with manual and traditional vibratory polishing. And you can achieve high volume efficiency and reduce costs due to labor.
Are you interested in a finishing method that is specially tailored to your medical parts? Take the first step toward optimizing your medical device production with industry-leading expertise and technology. We are here to help you achieve exceptional results.